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Fertility Doll – Terracotta, Beads, Feathers – Chiki chiki – Cameroon

 120,00

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Description

Rare  terracotta fertility doll from the Chiki-Chiki people of Cameroon. Beautifully decorated with antelope skin and glass beads. If you shake the doll you hear a nice sound. Bamum fetishes are funny little benevolent figurines from Cameroon. Their rounded and expressive shapes are characteristic of the statuary of this ethnic group. Good condition with a warm shiny aged patina.

Provenance: Manfred Schäfer collection, ex- gallery owner from Ulm, Germany.

OBJECT: Doll

ETHNIC GROUP/ CULTURE: Chiki-Chiki

REGION/ COUNTRY: Cameroon

MATERIAL: Beads, Terracotta, Feathers

CONDITION: Good

DIMENSIONS: 27×8×5 cm

WEIGHT: 500 g

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